Setup

• 1. Morabaraba is played on a board made of 3 nested squares or triangles with points at the corners and in the middle of each side of the squares. Lines are drawn to indicate permitted moves.
• 2. Each player has to have 12 tokens the colour of their choice. In Botswana many things can be used, for example bottle cans, stones, burned wood pieces, beads. These will start off the board.
• 3. The Players rolls the dice or spin a coin to decide on who begins the game.

Play steps

• 1. The idea is to try placing 3 of their tokens in a line at the first phase of the game also, thereon takes turns to place 1 token onto an empty space per turn.
• 2. Upon forming a line of 3 tokens, they can capture or collect any one of the opponent's tokens from the game, except those already in a line or sequence of 3. However if the opponent only has tokens in lines of 3, these can be taken.
• 3. If two lines of 3 tokens are formed by placing a single token, only one of the opponent’s token can be captured.
• 4. Once a token has been captured, from the board, it cannot be replayed.
• 5. The next phase begins when all the tokens have been placed on the board. Players take turns to move their tokens to an adjacent empty spaces, following the play lines indicated trying to form lines of 3.
• 6. A player cannot break their own line of 3 tokens and then in the next turn, move their token back to reform the line.
• 7. In the final phase of the game, when a player has only 3 tokens remaining, they may move their token to any available space on the board.
• 8. To win the game, a player must reduce their opponent to 2 tokens.
• 9. A win can also be achieved if an opponent cannot move.